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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author describe Clarisse?
(a) Attractive, but not particularly intelligent.
(b) A conservative patriot.
(c) A sexy intellectual.
(d) Intelligent, but not particularly attractive.

2. To whom is Gerda engaged?
(a) Leo.
(b) Arnheim.
(c) Ulrich.
(d) Hans.

3. What happens when a book becomes important enough, according to the author?
(a) It is deemed worthy of certain kinds of attention.
(b) It is referenced in other literary works.
(c) It becomes a best-seller.
(d) It goes into the canon of literary classics.

4. What does Clarisse realize about her husband in Chapter 97?
(a) He was never in love with her.
(b) He is no longer in love with her.
(c) She is afraid of him.
(d) He is afraid of her.

5. What approach does the individual funding the project in Chapter 84 choose not to employ?
(a) Funding the project with all of his own money.
(b) An interdenominational establishment.
(c) Asking aristocrats for charitable donations.
(d) Using his involvement in the project to boost his political career.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect does Arnheim's family business have on his relationship with General Stumm in Chapter 89?

2. What type of corporation does Arnheim's family own and run?

3. Who is Soliman?

4. What is the General's response to Ulrich's assertion that he values intellect too highly in Chapter 85?

5. What relationship does Arnheim use as an example to illustrate the importance of the concept he brings up in Chapter 96?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Ulrich and Gerda's relationship like as explained in Chapter 74?

2. Who is Count Leinsdorf, and how is he described in Chapter 76?

3. What is revealed about Georg in Chapter 97?

4. How is the relationship between Diotima and Arnheim described in Chapter 93?

5. How did Soliman meet Rachel?

6. What information is given about Gerda in Chapter 73?

7. Who is Aunt Jane, and what is her history as outlined in Chapter 99?

8. What do Ulrich and Gerda's parents talk about in Chapter 73?

9. What is Diotima's psychological situation in Chapter 94?

10. What do Ulrich and General Stumm think about intellect, as revealed by their conversation in Chapter 85?

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